This small beetle (about 1/8" long) was squashed after emerging from a shot hole in a wooden object imported from Argentina. It is obviously a wood borer, but the owner is afraid that it's friends may now be infesting her house, since the object had been there for 9 months before the emerging insect was noticed. Any help here? I told them I would try to find out if a fumigation of their house is warranted. Another anecdote that I thought curious: the owner noted that a few dead ones were found underneath where the object had been sitting (not kept, apparently). What would cause mass demise upon emergence? Thanks for any help,
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